The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12

WnlCe Meh peaceaDly at work by
Negroes in ambush, showed the
disposition of the leaders of the
strikers, and the belief is gem
eral that but for the presence of
the military, the theatre of trou-
BILE would have been a scene of
riot and bloodshed.
1t is certainly better to pre-
vent murder than to punish muir
derers. The presence of the
troops has protected life and
property, and has most assured
~ not lnterfered with the rights
of any peaceable citizens whether
strikers or not.
Gov. McEnery is entitled to
credit for his determination and
promptness in answering the ap-
peafs of the planters. These APP
peals were from citizens of the
Democratic, Reform and Repub-
lican persuasions, and the ques-
ton of politics did not enter in
to the matter at all.
The Item does not believe the
Governor will lose any consider
able number of labor votes be-
cause of his action, for we scarce
lyethink the workingmen of New
Orleans countenance the plan
tation strikes. The strikers, it
is true, would probably vote
against Gov. McEnery if they
had a chance but as nearly all,
if not all, of them are Of the Re-
publican faith they are not like
ly to be important factors in the
Democratic primaries.
-a9
Senator Eustis ut Monroe
said :
"In our State we find IL very
peculiar and serious condition of
affairs confronting us. Two dis
tinct races, almost equally divid-
ed in numbers, co-inhabit the
same territory and live under
the same government and under
the same institutions. 1t is
not the fault of the white
man - it is not that of
the colofed man - that race
antagonism exists it is a senti-
ment, an instinct, IL passion be-
yond the control of either. ' : :
But my Judgment is that, de-
plore it as we may, the inexor-
able logic forced upon us by the
Interchangeable and eternal laws
of human nature itselfis that we
are to determine whether the
negro shall govern and rule the
white man, or whether the white
man shall rule the negro. y \
cannot reconcile the safety OF
J the State with what I under
stand to be the extremely con.
servative ideas of Gen. Nichols
upon the race question:
"What is a home without q
newspaper ?" A home without
!, a newspaper is no home at all
It d kind Of dreary den-a rem,
Pdezvous Of bed bugs and feas
where the inhabitants live, ii
blissful ignorance of what the
world h doing. It is inhabited
] by a class who do not know Whe
is president or what he is presi
: dent of-Who never find OH
that a thing has happened unit
long after every one else has for
i gotten it. The children grow III
f lin rags and dirt, while the wifi
i generally finds consolation j
) darning socks and Juggling 4 pip
Loaded with green tobacco, am
the man lives because he can
) die and is too lazy to kill him
, self. He goes out Oh election
J DAYS, and does. not know VIII
he is working for, but just take.
+ 1.-THE ticket bearing the maine 9
| the party his great-great grand
! father voted for.
Oalcasieu has struck a new in
] dHstry. A telegram from LAX
!, Charles describes it as follows
! "a new and important indnstr.
has come to stay in the prairi.
portion of Calcasieu parish. el
Ills cutting of prairie grass TO
hav. and was introduced into tn
, Jennings neighborhood by tn
colony Of Iowa settlers there. 4
J merchant of Jennings says tn
hay crop of that vicinity thi
wear will bring probably $4,000
Into the parish. He says
beats the rice crop for profit
I The Amenities in Politics
Grey just.met Stewart be ]
y in excellent health and spirits.
! Brown (desirous OF election E
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